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Dani Shapiro quotes: If we grew up with nothing, we're complicated with that. That's the thing I keep hearing from people.

If we grew up with nothing, we're complicated with that. That's the thing I keep hearing from people.

Dani Shapiro quotes: Writing has been my window-flung wide open to this magnificent, chaotic existence-my way of interpreting everything within my grasp.

Writing has been my window-flung wide open to this magnificent, chaotic existence-my way of interpreting everything within my grasp.

Dani Shapiro quotes: I was longing for the moment I was in, even as I was in it.

I was longing for the moment I was in, even as I was in it.

Dani Shapiro quotes: I did want to feel like life's all of one piece.

I did want to feel like life's all of one piece.

Dani Shapiro quotes: I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.

I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.

Dani Shapiro quotes: When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.

When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.

Dani Shapiro quotes: It's easier in an urban world to cast the blame outward. So I've learned a lot about my own process in that way.

It's easier in an urban world to cast the blame outward. So I've learned a lot about my own process in that way.

Dani Shapiro quotes: How do we live the writer's life? There's only one simple answer: 'we write.'

How do we live the writer's life? There's only one simple answer: 'we write.'

Dani Shapiro quotes: As writers, it is our job not only to imagine, but to witness.

As writers, it is our job not only to imagine, but to witness.

Dani Shapiro quotes: Michael Lowenthal has written a big-hearted and wise book about familial love in all its richness and complexity.

Michael Lowenthal has written a big-hearted and wise book about familial love in all its richness and complexity.

Dani Shapiro quotes: Logic and faith don't occupy the same side.

Logic and faith don't occupy the same side.

Dani Shapiro quotes: My journals were a clearing house - a garbage can. Once I was writing seriously, I understood that this was the stuff that didn't belong in my work.

My journals were a clearing house - a garbage can. Once I was writing seriously, I understood that this was the stuff that didn't belong in my work.

Dani Shapiro quotes: The truth is in the present moment.

The truth is in the present moment.

Dani Shapiro quotes: I think so much about how we read, about the nature of solitude, and of community, is changing in ways that none of us yet understand.

I think so much about how we read, about the nature of solitude, and of community, is changing in ways that none of us yet understand.

Dani Shapiro quotes: Success is so fleeting; even if you get a good book deal, or your book is a huge success, there's always the fear: 'What about the next one?'

Success is so fleeting; even if you get a good book deal, or your book is a huge success, there's always the fear: 'What about the next one?'

Dani Shapiro quotes: Our pain is a part of who we authentically are.

Our pain is a part of who we authentically are.

Dani Shapiro quotes: We're all simultaneously separated and connected by our devices, staring into our little screens, and also hungry for experience and community.

We're all simultaneously separated and connected by our devices, staring into our little screens, and also hungry for experience and community.

Dani Shapiro quotes: The only graceful thing to do is recognize and embrace what is actually happening, rather than fight against it.

The only graceful thing to do is recognize and embrace what is actually happening, rather than fight against it.

Dani Shapiro quotes: Everything I know about life I learned from the daily practice of sitting down to write.

Everything I know about life I learned from the daily practice of sitting down to write.

Dani Shapiro quotes: You can start your day over anytime.

You can start your day over anytime.

Dani Shapiro quotes: I knew I wanted to be a writer before I knew that being a writer was possible.

I knew I wanted to be a writer before I knew that being a writer was possible.

Dani Shapiro quotes: I started realising that the themes running through all of my novels were really haunting and obsessing me about my own life.

I started realising that the themes running through all of my novels were really haunting and obsessing me about my own life.

Dani Shapiro quotes: Courage is more important than confidence

Courage is more important than confidence

Dani Shapiro quotes: We don't ruminate during a fight. Maybe in a bath, or driving a car, or as we take a walk. But not right smack in the middle of a dramatic

We don't ruminate during a fight. Maybe in a bath, or driving a car, or as we take a walk. But not right smack in the middle of a dramatic moment.

Dani Shapiro quotes: My dad died when I was 23. His death was sudden and shocking - the result of a car crash - and I never got to say goodbye.

My dad died when I was 23. His death was sudden and shocking - the result of a car crash - and I never got to say goodbye.

Dani Shapiro quotes: My parents made the decision never to focus on my looks, and I had no sense of myself as beautiful.

My parents made the decision never to focus on my looks, and I had no sense of myself as beautiful.

Dani Shapiro quotes: Apparently, using two spaces after a period has become anachronistic. But tell that to my right thumb. -

Apparently, using two spaces after a period has become anachronistic. But tell that to my right thumb. -

Dani Shapiro quotes: Part of my spiritual work is learning to live with the knowledge that we can't protect our loved ones from pain and heartache.

Part of my spiritual work is learning to live with the knowledge that we can't protect our loved ones from pain and heartache.

Dani Shapiro quotes: When it comes to the personal essays I write, I just convince myself that no one will ever read them.

When it comes to the personal essays I write, I just convince myself that no one will ever read them.

Dani Shapiro quotes: I was doing a lot of yoga and learning to meditate, and I found that extremely helpful, and still do and hopefully always will.

I was doing a lot of yoga and learning to meditate, and I found that extremely helpful, and still do and hopefully always will.

Dani Shapiro quotes: I could spend two years cross-legged on my floor and feel like I was working.

I could spend two years cross-legged on my floor and feel like I was working.

Dani Shapiro quotes: Recognize the possibility of the divine in any given moment.

Recognize the possibility of the divine in any given moment.

Dani Shapiro quotes: All there is to do, right at this very moment, is to breathe in, breathe out, and kiss the joy as it flies.

All there is to do, right at this very moment, is to breathe in, breathe out, and kiss the joy as it flies.

Dani Shapiro quotes: From spiritual connection springs kindness, connection, social activism, and love.

From spiritual connection springs kindness, connection, social activism, and love.

Dani Shapiro quotes: My desk is covered with talismans: pieces of rose quartz, wishing stones from a favorite beach.

My desk is covered with talismans: pieces of rose quartz, wishing stones from a favorite beach.

Dani Shapiro quotes: Our minds have a tendency to wander. To duck and feint and keep us at a slight remove from the moment at hand.

Our minds have a tendency to wander. To duck and feint and keep us at a slight remove from the moment at hand.

Dani Shapiro quotes: I never feel so alive as when I'm writing and the work is going well.

I never feel so alive as when I'm writing and the work is going well.

Dani Shapiro quotes: What she doesn't realize is that I have survived for her as well -- and only now am I beginning to survive for myself.

What she doesn't realize is that I have survived for her as well -- and only now am I beginning to survive for myself.

Dani Shapiro quotes: In every generation there is a vault-keeper, one who guards the links fiercely and knows they are more precious than rubies.

In every generation there is a vault-keeper, one who guards the links fiercely and knows they are more precious than rubies.

Dani Shapiro quotes: There is no end to the promotion. There is no end to the possibilities. You can continue to promote a book for years, literally.

There is no end to the promotion. There is no end to the possibilities. You can continue to promote a book for years, literally.

Dani Shapiro quotes: If you write memoir, it can't be about blame or hurt; it has to be creative.

If you write memoir, it can't be about blame or hurt; it has to be creative.

Dani Shapiro quotes: What's more important that spiritual life? It seems to me it's the bedrock of everything essential about being human.

What's more important that spiritual life? It seems to me it's the bedrock of everything essential about being human.

Dani Shapiro quotes: What was going on inside of me became louder because everything around me became quieter.

What was going on inside of me became louder because everything around me became quieter.

Dani Shapiro quotes: I found myself doing so much public speaking, more and more and bigger and bigger.

I found myself doing so much public speaking, more and more and bigger and bigger.

Dani Shapiro quotes: My son is now fourteen, and from the moment he was born, I understood that forevermore my heart would be walking around outside my body.

My son is now fourteen, and from the moment he was born, I understood that forevermore my heart would be walking around outside my body.

Dani Shapiro quotes: I do keep a tiny little journal in which I write passages that I read and want to hold on to. This practice is sort of the opposite of Twitter.

I do keep a tiny little journal in which I write passages that I read and want to hold on to. This practice is sort of the opposite of Twitter.

Dani Shapiro quotes: We are tyrannized by our options.

We are tyrannized by our options.

Dani Shapiro quotes: With each book you write you have to learn how to write that book - so every time, you have to start all over again.

With each book you write you have to learn how to write that book - so every time, you have to start all over again.

Dani Shapiro quotes: We don't choose what's going to wake us up.

We don't choose what's going to wake us up.

Dani Shapiro quotes: To forget oneself-to lose oneself in the music, in the moment- that kind of absorption seems to be at the heart of every creative endeavor.

To forget oneself-to lose oneself in the music, in the moment- that kind of absorption seems to be at the heart of every creative endeavor.

Dani Shapiro quotes: Music inspires me and puts me in the right mood, but to actually listen to it when I write - I find it gets in the way.

Music inspires me and puts me in the right mood, but to actually listen to it when I write - I find it gets in the way.

Dani Shapiro quotes: Open your hearts. Deep inside ourselves, we are all one and the same.

Open your hearts. Deep inside ourselves, we are all one and the same.

Dani Shapiro quotes: Maggie Shipstead takes hold of the reader and doesn't let go. Astonish Me is a haunting, powerful novel.

Maggie Shipstead takes hold of the reader and doesn't let go. Astonish Me is a haunting, powerful novel.

Dani Shapiro quotes: Everything you need to know about life can be learned from a genuine and ongoing attempt to write

Everything you need to know about life can be learned from a genuine and ongoing attempt to write

Dani Shapiro quotes: Moving to the country has been incredibly good for my work, for my sense of perspective.

Moving to the country has been incredibly good for my work, for my sense of perspective.

Dani Shapiro quotes: In my life as a wife and mother, I'm always conscious of my desire to be present.

In my life as a wife and mother, I'm always conscious of my desire to be present.

Dani Shapiro quotes: I'm an urban person who loves living in the country.

I'm an urban person who loves living in the country.

Dani Shapiro quotes: We can't protect ourselves from pain and heartache.

We can't protect ourselves from pain and heartache.

Dani Shapiro quotes: Traces that live within us often lead us to our stories

Traces that live within us often lead us to our stories

Dani Shapiro quotes: I think there's something about a writer's disposition, that is, even if unaware, always slightly in a witness state.

I think there's something about a writer's disposition, that is, even if unaware, always slightly in a witness state.

Dani Shapiro quotes: It's essential to have sacred time for writing. All successful authors have some daily commitment to keep on-track and moving forward.

It's essential to have sacred time for writing. All successful authors have some daily commitment to keep on-track and moving forward.

Dani Shapiro quotes: Everything changes. The more I try to hold on to the moment, the more it slips through my fingers.

Everything changes. The more I try to hold on to the moment, the more it slips through my fingers.

Dani Shapiro quotes: ...it feels as if mountain pose is the most challenging of all yoga poses. To be still. To be grounded. To claim one's place in the world.

...it feels as if mountain pose is the most challenging of all yoga poses. To be still. To be grounded. To claim one's place in the world.

Dani Shapiro quotes: As a writer we are our own instruments; we need to protect our instrument, because no one will protect it if we don't.

As a writer we are our own instruments; we need to protect our instrument, because no one will protect it if we don't.

Dani Shapiro quotes: I'm very disciplined, but the one thing that I have addictive behavior about is the Internet.

I'm very disciplined, but the one thing that I have addictive behavior about is the Internet.

Dani Shapiro quotes: In a creative journey, it is essential, no matter how far one runs, to examine that which is closest to home.

In a creative journey, it is essential, no matter how far one runs, to examine that which is closest to home.

Dani Shapiro quotes: I used to act in television commercials when I was a kid and a young adult.

I used to act in television commercials when I was a kid and a young adult.

Dani Shapiro quotes: I'm most connected to myself when I'm alone in a room, moving my hand across a page. That's when I feel most like me.

I'm most connected to myself when I'm alone in a room, moving my hand across a page. That's when I feel most like me.

Dani Shapiro quotes: Gone was the reflexive need to see the worst in things. Before the tumors took her life, they gave her a few moments of grace.

Gone was the reflexive need to see the worst in things. Before the tumors took her life, they gave her a few moments of grace.

Dani Shapiro quotes: I've always felt like my nose is pressed to glass. I always feel a little bit like an outsider.

I've always felt like my nose is pressed to glass. I always feel a little bit like an outsider.